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A woman looking at a species exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

A new book reveals the deep flaws in our natural history museums

25 June 2025

Natural history museums teach us about our world, but they aren’t telling us the whole story, writes curator Jack Ashby in Nature's Memory
Illustrator?s signature must be included in all reproductions Carboniferous forest. Illustration of a flooded forest containing primitive plant species and fauna that existed during the Carboniferous period (360 to 286 million years ago). At bottom centre is a Hylonomus reptile. Its prey, a giant dragonfly (Meganeura monyi) is at left. The plants included Lepidodendron, an ancient lycopod also known as a scale tree. The Carboniferous forests gave rise to the coal deposits that fuel industry today.

Gripping account of how plants and animals shaped each other

26 February 2025

Palaeontologist Riley Black is back with a thrilling guide to how animals and plants co-evolved over millennia
Red-winged parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus) natural pied mutant colour morph, landing in farmland to feed, Northern Territory, Australia.

Ambitious story of how life shapes Earth ends superb trilogy

7 August 2024

The dynamics of how plants and animals change Earth is central to this last book in a trilogy by Other Minds author and "scuba-diving philosopher" Peter Godfrey-Smith

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